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| Interview of Henry and Elizabeth Guthrie Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Interview of Henry and Elizabeth Guthrie Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: Esther Rodick interviews Henry and Elizabeth Guthrie. Originally, the couple lived together in New York City where Henry worked as a lawyer at a very big firm. They came to MDI in 1933 after being invited to the house party of a friend, and soon began coming regularly. They usually chartered a boat from Farnham Butler, but eventually bought the boat "Snowflake" outright after enjoying it so much. Elizabeth recalled a conversation between Farnham Butler and Henry Hinckley about the future of boatbuilding. She also talks about taking the "Bar Harbor Express," a train from Washington D.C. up to a ferry which would complete the journey to Bar Harbor. The Guthries were always just summer people, but felt that they belonged in Southwest Harbor and were very complimentary of the people they met in town. They talk about how they would spend time in SWH every summer because of the great dancing and restaurants. She talks about sailing up and down the coast of Maine, her love of ecology, donating land to the local college for research and studies, and their extensive travelling. They took the first passenger ship to England after World War Two ended. She finishes by telling a story of a passenger fixing a Douglass DC-3 plane with a screwdriver; he was an expert mechanic after working on them during World War Two. [show more] | |
| Interview of Marguerite Hancock Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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| Interview of Marguerite Hancock Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: In this interview, Carol Hall talks to Marguerite Hamblen Hancock about some family history and how, among others, her grandfather "went to sea." She talks about the houses she grew up in, attending grammar school in Southwest Harbor, and playing basketball in school. The winter games between the three high schools on the island were a source of entertainment for everyone. During summer, she would go camping at Long Pond in cabins. She mentions how there are fewer grocery stores in Southwest Harbor now then there used to be. After high school, she got married to her husband Teddie who was stationed at the Navy Radio Station in Seawall. After getting married, the two returned back to Teddie's home in Illinois for a year. Afterwards, they permanently settled in Southwest Harbor. She remembers the fires of 1922 and the flu epidemic of 1918, but also talks about the 4th of July celebrations in McKinley. She also talks about Wabanaki people(Indians) trading their beautiful baskets in town. [show more] | |
| Interview of Andrew Herrick Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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| Interview of Andrew Herrick Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: A woman interviews Andrew Herrick, who begins by listing off al his male ancestors from memory. The earliest Herrick came to America around the Revolutionary War and built a log cabin at the head of Somes Sound, but he did not stay. The first Herrick to stay was Isaac who ran a tide mill in Southwest Harbor. Andrew grew up in the house that Isaac built. He served in the Army during the first World War for the final 18 days of the war, though even those were grueling and horrifying. After service, he returned to marry Hulda Hodgkins, with whom he had a daughter. Andrew drove a truck for a gas company, living in Bar Harbor and Ellsworth but was forced to stop that work in 1952 following a shoulder injury. He has many stories from his time in Southwest Harbor; the first car in the town, Beech Mountain priginally being called Herrick Mountain, finding bootleg booze in Summer People's houses. He talks about his ancestor William Herrick who was feared by the British. Andrew also had several stories about Billy Tot, a man who worked as a cabin boy for Captain Norwood and eventually lived a primitive life on the edges of society near Southwest Harbor. [show more] | |
| Interview of Nelson Herrick Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Interview of Nelson Herrick Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: In the second part of this interview, Nelson Herrick continues to talk about being a draftee during World War One but being saved from service by the signing of the armistice. He tells the story of meeting his wife by giving her a ride in his truck. At the time she was a widow with two children and he was delivering milk and farm products. Nelson tells the story of a carnival coming to town and offering $300 to a farmer for his land, not telling him what they planned to use it for. He also claims that he was the first volunteer firefighter after the town acquired a fire engine. Reluctant to tell more, he admits to remembering rum running during Prohibition. Many locals took part and kids found booze in the cellars of Summer People's homes. He also remembers Wabanaki people(Indians) living in a village at the Somesville end of Long Pond and harvesting materials to make baskets. He talks about clamming on the island, how they were processed, and how they were used to help people walk across muddy ground in the spring. He answers questions about his ancestors during the Civil War, telling the story of an ancestor who hired a Russian to take his place in the Army. Then he talks about his time as a teamster working with horses and wagons delivering hay to Ellsworth. He also tells a story about delivering old stones to be used as garden decorations. [show more] | |
| Interview of Athol Higgins Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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| Interview of Athol Higgins Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: Ralph Stanley interviews Athol Higgins, who talks about her husband, Howe Higgins, and his jobs. Before World War One, he worked in the Post Office in Bar Harbor and saw the switch from horses to automobiles. After World War One, he worked in the customs office in Southwest Harbor for twelve years. His duties as customs officer got in the way of some friendships. He talks of sardine boats that went herring fishing in bad weather and fog. The sardine factory was a busy place during the Spring and Summer as it was the main source of employment. Howe helped start the fire department after the fire of 1922; his office was in the Odd Fellows Hall and he carried out a lot of files to prevent them from burning. Athol talks about walking out to "the small island in the middle of the harbor" for picnics, and having to be careful of the tide. [show more] | |
| Interview of Mildred Hill Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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| Interview of Mildred Hill Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: This interview consists of Mildred Hill talking about her life. She was born in Hawaii after her father was "imported" to the Dole plantation for his canning knowledge. Some of her mother's family came from Germany. Her family moved back from Hawaii to Southwest Harbor while she was two years old and lived at Seawall and then Manset. She talks about having well water, but using "town water" in the summer. The main industry in Manset was fishing or processing fish, as well as hotels and ice storage. He also talks about the Seawall radio station around World War One which communicated with ships and mainland Europe. Many sailors stationed there married local girls or stayed in the area after the war ended. Mildred's husband Carleton worked as a civilian for the Coast Guard, in the houses of Summer People, and in local hotels. She also recounts stories about issue with the mail and how boys made pocket money baiting trawl lines after school. [show more] | ||
| Interview of Laurence Newman Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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| Interview of Laurence Newman Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: In this interview, Laurence talks about being born and raised in Manset. His grandfather has a store there, though his grandmother was the one who really ran it. She also worked at the Post Office in Manset. She talks about the "Prussian Women," and Capt. Samuel Hadlock's relationship with her. He would sail into the Northern waters and bring back mementos for her; he once brought back Eskimos with sleds and dogs. Capt. Hadlock died on one such voyage and was found frozen onboard his ship. Laurence's father was a fisherman, and Laurence stayed in that line of work, even as he wont off to MIT for school. He met his wife at a dance that he was playing saxophone for. After a long time working as an engineer in Connecticut, he moved back to Southwest Harbor to be a fisherman again. He tells many stories of his time fishing; great catches, salting and drying the fish on the beach, and selling to processors. He would run fishing parties on the weekends for people, and had people booking their spots a year in advance. He preferred going out in the dense fog, as others would not venture out and he got all the good spots to himself. Laurence laments the overfishing and destructive techniques (gill netting and bottom trawling) that caused the collapse of the cod fishery in New England. [show more] | ||
| Mary Jones Interviews with Ralph Stanley and Eric Henry about SWH Buildings - Oral History Tapes Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Mary Jones Interviews with Ralph Stanley and Eric Henry about SWH Buildings - Oral History Tapes Southwest Harbor Public Library | ||
| Ralph Stanley: An Eye for Wood Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Ralph Stanley: An Eye for Wood Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: Ralph Stanley is an icon of Maine wooden boat building and a scholar of Maine | |
| Interview of Harold R. Beal Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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| Interview of Harold R. Beal Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: In this interview Harold R. Beal talks about the early history of the Beal family, his experience in the U.S. Navy during World War II (including stories about the preparation and invasion of Omaha Beach), and life in Southwest Harbor before and after World War II. | |
| Interview of Elmer "Buzzy" Lawrence Beal Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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| Interview of Elmer "Buzzy" Lawrence Beal Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: In this interview, Elmer "Buzzy" Lawrence Beal talks about his family history on Cranberry and Manset islands, fishing, steam ship service, working at a Coast Guard station, the beginning of Beal's Lobster Warf, his grandparents life on Mt. Desert Rock, and life during World War II in Southwest Harbor. | |
| Gladys Butler (Whitmore) interviewed by Alice Long Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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| Gladys Butler (Whitmore) interviewed by Alice Long Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: In this interview Gladys Butler describes her family history, connections to other families in Southwest Harbor, her father's involvement in helping the Dole company set up canning in Hawaii where Gladys and all her siblings were born, the journey to Mount Desert Island from Hawaii, and of meeting her husband, Farnham Butler, and starting a family. | |
| Interview of Calvin and Edna Alley Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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| Interview of Calvin and Edna Alley Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: In this interview Calvin Carroll Alley and Edna E. (Bagley) Alley speak about their early life (without electric power) in Jonesport, Southwest Harbor, Ilseford (Little Cranberry Island), life on their farm, a career in the Coast Guard, and running a restaurant together in Southwest Harbor. | |
| A series of interviews of Ralph Stanley conducted by David Spurling Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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| A series of interviews of Ralph Stanley conducted by David Spurling Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: David Spurling interviewing Ralph Stanley about his life. Interview 1: Stories of boatbuilding, family life, voyages, and historical events. Interview 2: Details of shipbuilding, historic events, details of lost seamen, and Southwest Harbor specific historical events. Interview 3A: Stanley family history, details of other Southwest Harbor families, specific vessel details, and stories of foreign voyages including being on the pepper trade from India. Interview 3B: Stories of sailing, navigating a dangerous rock at Cranberry Island using dories, stories about Admiral Byrd of Arctic exploring fame, stories of rum running, and a story about Christopher Lawler. Interview 4: Stories of the Robinson and Nickerson families, a story about Emily Robinson. Interview 4: A story about a Cole Robinson sailing disaster and reading of several newspaper accounts of Mount Desert Island citizens. [show more] | |
| Interviews of Richard Carroll about the Carroll family Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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| Interviews of Richard Carroll about the Carroll family Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: In these interviews, Richard Carroll recollects his own childhood on the Carroll homestead as well as describes the Carroll family's journey from Ireland and their establishment in Southwest Harbor. | |
| The Movie Queen: Bar Harbor Collection Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| The Movie Queen: Bar Harbor Collection Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: A DVD that contains a film created in 1935: "The Movie Queen: Bar Harbor Collection". This version of the film was purchased from Northeast Historic Film, Bucksport, Maine. | ||||
| The Movie Queen: Bar Harbor Collection Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| The Movie Queen: Bar Harbor Collection Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: A DVD that contains an edited version of "The Movie Queen: Bar Harbor Collection", originally filmed in 1935. This version of the film includes a header, credits, and a music soundtrack. It was edited by Dobbs Productions in 2013 for showing at a program sponsored by MDIHS. | ||||
| Charles Savage Films 1930's: DVD duplicates-Time Code, Tape #1 and #3, 80% Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Charles Savage Films 1930's: DVD duplicates-Time Code, Tape #1 and #3, 80% Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: A DVD that includes DVD versions of Charles Savage films that were used in creating "Dancing at the Mill". These films are property of the Savage family and MDIHS does not have rights to these versions. | |||
| Charles Savage Films 1930's: DVD duplicates-Time Code, Tape #2 and #4, 80% Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Charles Savage Films 1930's: DVD duplicates-Time Code, Tape #2 and #4, 80% Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: A DVD that includes DVD versions of Charles Savage films that were used in creating "Dancing at the Mill". These films are property of the Savage family and MDIHS does not have rights to these versions. | |||
| Bay View Grange Curtain Cleaning, June 5, 2010, Salisbury Cove, Maine Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Bay View Grange Curtain Cleaning, June 5, 2010, Salisbury Cove, Maine Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: A CD that contains 45 digital images taken on June 5, 2010 at Salisbury Cove, Maine. These photos document the repair and maintenance work that was done on the stage curtain at the Bay View Grange. Photos include Charlotte Singleton and several unidentified individuals. | ||
| Promo Photos: Dancing at the Mill Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Promo Photos: Dancing at the Mill Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: A DVD that contains .psd files for use in promoting the film, "Dancing at the Mill". These photos are high res, in Adobe Photoshop file formats. The images are of the cover of the jacket of the DVD as it appeared for sale to the public. | ||||
| Lewis H. Story 2013 Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Lewis H. Story 2013 Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: A DVD that contains a 5.36 minutes long MP4 file that has information about the Lewis H. Story chebacco boat and the project of MDIHS to sail this vessel from Essex to Mount Desert Island in 2013 to commemorate the voyage of Abraham Somes in 1762 that brought Somes and his family to Mount Desert Island. This video was prepared by Cape Ann TV and focused on the rebuilding and care of the boat by the Essex Museum. Several copies of this DVD are in the archives. [show more] | |||
| Bean Supper 2014 Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Bean Supper 2014 Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: A video taken of the January, 2014 MDI Historical Society Bean Supper held in the cafeteria of Mount Desert Island High School. Shows participants of the Dog Mountain Band, attendees at the supper, talk by society president, William Horner. | |||
| A Century of Hope on a Sea of Change: The Story of the Maine Sea Coast Mission Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| A Century of Hope on a Sea of Change: The Story of the Maine Sea Coast Mission Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: A video of the history of the Maine Seacoast Mission. This film was created in 2005 by Jeff Dobbs Productions, Bar Harbor, Maine The film is in the library in two formats: DVD and VCR | ||
| Restoration of the Sound School House Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Restoration of the Sound School House Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: A film in videotape format that records the restoration of the Somes Sound School House, completed in 1998. This video needs to be watched and then further information about its contents recorded in this record. Was this created to be for sale by MDIHS? If so, what is the price? Four copies are located in the research room library. |